Past News

The APsystems new Fall Rebate is here, offering big year-end savings to you for purchasing the YC500 microinverter through Blue Frog Solar.

How big? Try $700 back from APsystems on your first three installations using the Blue Frog/APsystems YC500 MIW dual-module microinverters, now through Dec. 31, 2015.

That’s right: You’ll get $100 back on your first two installations completed and registered* during the rebate period, and $500 back on the third – tremendous savings for you.

The savings keep adding up, as you’ll get another $100 back for each additional YC500 microinverter installation you register with APsystems during the period. (The rebate only applies to YC500 microinverters; other APsystems products do not qualify.)

This is the best opportunity yet to bring Blue Frog/APsystems microinverters to your solar customers. Call Blue Frog Solar today to take advantage on this dynamic year-end promotion.

Blue Frog and APS have updated our unprecedented offer to make it even easier for installers to try APS and put in their pocket. Now until September 30th, installers can earn $15 back for every Blue Frog/APS YC500 microinverter purchased through Blue Frog Solar.

Installers can receive a VISA® Gift Card with $15 value added for every Blue Frog/APS microinverter purchased. That’s $210 back in your pocket for an average residential installation with 14 APS YC500 dual-module microinverters (other models not eligible). Do you complete five jobs a week? That’s more than $1,000 back to your bottom line – easy money for choosing Blue Frog/APS microinverters.

First time Blue Frog installers can get even more – including a free APS Energy Communication Unit.

Summertime means lots of solar being installed, and with the A+ Rewards summer incentive programs, there’s no better time to purchase Blue Frog/APS microinverters.

Plus, APS America is now offering a huge bonus incentive for first-time installers.

With the new Tiered Rewards Program, the more Blue Frog/APS microinverters you buy through Sept. 30, 2015, the bigger your rebate – up to $15 back per unit.

That’s right: Every APS YC500 microinverter you purchase from us through Sept. 30, 2015, will earn you up to $15 back from APS. Show proof of purchase through the rebate website http://summer-promo.aplus-rewards.com, and APS will send you a Visa® Gift Card with value added for every microinverter purchased during that period.

Here’s how it works:

Purchase up to 50 APS microinverters (the basic tier), and you’ll receive a $5 rebate per unit. Order more, and watch your rebate grow with every tier:

1-50 units purchased: $5 rebate per unit

units 51-150 purchased: $10 rebate per unit

units 151-400 purchased: $13 rebate per unit

units 401-plus purchased: $15 rebate per unit

The rebates are tiered, and the number of units you purchase adds up over the course of the promotion, so as you order more, your rebate level increases.

For example, the rebate amount for a 500-unit total would be $6,000 (calculated as 50 @ $5, plus 100 @ $10, plus 250 @ $13, plus 100 @ $15). That’s tremendous savings you won’t find anywhere else in the industry – our reward to you for being a Blue Frog/APS partner installer.

Are you a first-time Blue Frog/APS installer? It gets even better.

First-time Blue Frog/APS installers who order microinverters through Blue Frog Solar will receive even more: a $250 Visa® Gift Card, and a free ECU (Energy Communication Unit) – with free monitoring for the life of the product. Plus the tiered rebate on top of that.

With $250 back and a free ECU with free monitoring, power your solar summer with Blue Frog/APS microinverters and find out why APS is the fastest-growing solar microinverter provider in the world.

Good news, installers: The A+ Rewards program has proved so popular, we’re extending the rebate period through the end of June. That gives you an extra month to earn cash back for purchasing Blue Frog/APS microinverters.

That’s right – every YC500 microinverter you purchase from Blue Frog through June 30, 2015, will earn you $10 back from APS. Show proof of purchase through the rebate website, and APS will send you a Visa® Gift Card with $10 value added for every microinverter purchased during that period.

Demand for shares in a Spokane community solar installation was so strong, sponsoring utility Inland Power & Light boosted capacity with a second array.The project’s second phase, completed in late March, added a 20 kW ground-mount array outside the utility’s main office off Interstate 90 in eastern Washington. It joins a 30 kW array that went into service last fall.The arrays include all certified Made In Washington solar equipment, including modules by itek Energy of Bellingham, microinverters by Blue Frog/APS of Poulsbo, and racking by SunModo of Vancouver, Wash. Installation was by Brimma Solar of Seattle.

“Inland Power was great to work with for the entire project,” said John Harley, Brimma vice president.

A member-owned utility, Inland Power made units in the solar installation available to its ratepayers through a lottery.

“The project sold out immediately,” said John Francisco, chief of energy resources for Inland Power.

Unit holders will get credit for their portion of the array’s power production, along with a pro rata rebate from the state under Washington’s Renewable Energy Cost Recovery program.

Inland Power & Light serves about 39,000 residential and commercial customers in 13 counties in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Founded in 1937, it is the largest electric cooperative in Washington.

Blue Frog Solar manufactures advanced microinverters under license from APS, a global leader in solar technology. Blue Frog was recently honored by Seattle Business magazine as a top emerging manufacturer in the 2015 Washington Manufacturing Awards.

Hosted by Washington State University Energy Program, the confab runs May 5-7 at the Enzian Inn.

This year’s theme, “Staying Smarter than Your Buildings,” considers the need for facilities leaders to keep up with advancements in clean-energy technologies. Facilities design and management and plant operations will be addressed.

The 2015 Washington Manufacturing Awards were sponsored by Seattle Business magazine, and presented at a gala event April 29 at the Boeing Museum of Flight.

“It’s great to be honored as an up-and-coming manufacturer, more so for what it says about Washington’s thriving solar industry,” said Tim Bailey, Blue Frog co-founder. “So many people in our state are committed to a clean-energy future, and we’re pleased to help meet the demand for quality solar products while creating local jobs.”

Honorees in the 2015 Washington Manufacturing Awards were chosen by a panel that included leading executives from throughout the state’s manufacturing and business sphere.

“The winners were companies with innovative products who found ways to boost their competitiveness through improved manufacturing processes and effective marketing,” said Leslie Helm, editor of Seattle Business magazine. “It’s companies like these that remind us of the current strength and future promise of Washington’s manufacturing sector.”

Washington manufacturers account for 12 percent of the state’s economy and close to half of all its exports, Helm noted.

Bill Virgin, editor and publisher of Washington Manufacturing Alert and a member of the selection committee, said winning businesses in the competition shared a number of traits, including: a continuous record of innovation and improvement; an unwillingness to coast on legacy; enthusiasm for remaking the business, if that’s what customers, the market and competition call for; and attention to detail in internal operations.

Blue Frog Solar was founded in 2011 in Poulsbo, Wash., to bring the finest solar design and technology to the Pacific Northwest. Through the unique Simple Solar program, Blue Frog offers a complete solar financing, materials and installation package for residential and commercial PV systems. The Simple Solar program offers the best pricing, smoothest and most buyer-friendly process for installing Made In Washington solar arrays. See www.bfsimplesolar.com for information.

Blue Frog Solar, LLC has made reasonable efforts to provide accurate and timely information about the products on this site, but you should not assume that the information provided is always up to date or that this site contains all relevant information available about the products featured here.